She dismissed rumours of a feud after he directed a series of jibes at her during a live video.

But Montana Brown seemingly forgot to give the peace memo to her boyfriend Alex Beattie, who branded Mike Thalassitis a 'muggy p***k' after he joked that the Love Island star was 'dry' earlier this week.

Mike seemingly lived up to his 'Muggy Mike' nickname when he fired a number of insults at Montana during her live Instagram video, but the Hertfordshire beauty has since revealed that not all was as it seemed.

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Standing by his woman: Love Island's Alex Beattie has branded Mike Thalassitis a 'muggy p***k' after the star appeared to insult his girlfriend Montana Brown on Instagram earlier this week

Speaking on Loose Women on Thursday, Montana brushed the remarks off as 'banter', affirming: 'Mike and I are good friends. We have banter, annoying little banter.'

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But the 21-year-old PR graduate seemingly forget to inform her boyfriend that the pair were merely bantering, as Newcastle native Alex proceeded to slam Mike on Twitter.

After Mike re-tweeted screenshots of his comments, which saw him call Montana 'dry', before quipping 'nobody cares what you have to say', Alex blasted: 'Still a muggy p***k then.'

Just banter! Mike seemingly lived up to his nickname 'Muggy Mike' when he fired a number of insults at Montana during her live Instagram video, but the Hertfordshire beauty has since revealed that not all was as it seemed

Ouch! After Mike re-tweeted screenshots of his comments, which saw him call Montana 'dry', before quipping 'nobody cares what you have to say', Alex blasted: 'Still a muggy p***k then'

Raging: Alex shared an image of Mike’s face photoshopped onto a mug with the caption: 'Get your mugs now on sale in stores near you'

He then shared an image of Mike’s face photoshopped onto a mug with the caption: 'Get your mugs now on sale in stores near you.'

But the hunky star seemed to be on a warpath as he didn't stop there, later referencing the leaked audio in which Mike admitted to breaking the Love Island rules and sneaking Viagra into the villa.

As Mike tried to explain himself by tweeting the fan back saying: 'We have a savage friendship what can I say,'

Brutal: The footballer, 24, posted a string of brutal messages to the 21-year-old's page after she started a live feed for fans - first blasting her as 'dry'

Bad to worse: Not stopping there however, he then continued his tirade as she reflected on her time in the villa, adding only minutes later: 'Nobody cares what you have to say'

Hog-ging the limelight: Perhaps tiring of his joking around, he finished in a more bizarre fashion by asking the brunette, amidst her many other fan questions: 'Do you like ham?'

Alex interjected: “Remember that viagra you brought into The Island… (sic)”

It comes after Montana made the candid admission that she only took part in Love Island to be famous and 'influence people'.

She explained: 'I just thought it could be a great platform do what I want to do, I don’t know what yet. I thought it would open doors and opportunities. To be in the public eye and influence public in good way.

'When you first go on, I definitely thought I was going to find a boyfriend. But it’s not easy have to find real connection with people, you don’t have a connection with everyone.'

'Legend': Unashamed of his efforts however, the Margate striker later retweeted a message to his own social media page, of a fan laughing at his comments (above)